Anderson, Indiana
Once thriving with 24 active GM factories that employed a large part of the population, the factories have since shut down. This resulted in 23,000 people losing their jobs and the town declined from there. In 2015, the city was given $2.8 million to tear down 100 homes that were abandoned.
Macon-Bibb County, Georgia
This city has lost almost 2% of its population over the past 8 years. 56% of their population is working while 26% live in poverty. The biggest problem the city has is that it has vacant property which is visually unappealing. It has about 3,700 unoccupied buildings.